Gangwon buried in most snow in a century [ Korea ]

Korean JoonAng Daily ^ | Feb 13 2011 | Kim Hee-jin

[Mmogamer]

global warming, yessir ... a real threat dontcha know.

[Nowhere Man]

I know when my father was stationed there at Camp Casey in 1955/56, Korea had very cold winters and hot summers. He remembers frying eggs on the hood of his jeep when it got hot.

[Jack Hydrazine]

Has the Goracle been to Korea recently? Maybe there have been some anti-AGW protests occurring in the country because the Gore Effect sure is hitting them hard.

[Jack Hydrazine]

A Snowlocaust in the making?

[count-your-change]

Looks like Gangwon is now Gang lost.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

'Snow bomb' hits eastern Gangwon Province

An excavator removes snow from a road in Gangneung, Gangwon Province, Sunday. The heaviest snowfall in a century hit Gangneung and other cities in the eastern part of the province between Friday and Saturday, with hundreds of people stranded on roads and causing property damage.

/ Korea Times photo by Kim Joo-young

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

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According to the Gangwon Regional Meteorological Administration, Gangneung received 77.7 centimeters of snow Friday, the heaviest single-day snowfall since the weather agency began compiling data in 1911. The two-day snowfall reached 110 centimeters in Samcheok, 100 centimeters in Donghae, 56 centimeters in Daegwallyeong and 43 centimeters in Sokcho.

[TigersEye]

110 cm = 3.6 ft. That's a fair amount of snow but no record.

[Marine_Uncle]

This is a total abrogation. Why do I know. NASA Hansen tells me so. It is really actually balmy. No deep snow storms, crippling their existence, no horribly cold temperatures.
This is all a mistake. Let us say... a mis-representation of what is going on in this Asian country.
E. I could not sleep again and wondered down to the computer to then view some of the key note speakers at CPAC, namely Bolten and West. God bless them both.
Nighty night.

[steelyourfaith]

Thanx Ernest_at_the_Beach !

While this event does not qualify for a Gore Effect citation (as it is not coincident with an event to promote draconian global warming legislation) it is further experiential evidence that at least as strong a case can be made anecdotally for global cooling as for global warming. Lest we forget...

 

The Gore Effect
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• GORE HEARING ON WARMING MAY BE PUT ON ICE

  Mon Jan 26 2009 17:59:26 ET

  Al Gore is scheduled before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday morning to once again testify on the 'urgent need' to combat global warming.

  But Mother Nature seems ready to freeze the proceedings.

  A 'Winter Storm Watch' has been posted for the nation's capitol and there is a potential for significant snow... sleet... or ice accumulations.

  "I can't imagine the Democrats would want to showcase Mr. Gore and his new findings on global warming as a winter storm rages outside," a Republican lawmaker emailed the DRUDGE REPORT. "And if the ice really piles up, it will not be safe to travel."

  A spokesman for Sen. John Kerry, who chairs the committee, was not immediately available to comment on contingency plans.

  Global warming advocates have suggested this year's wild winter spells are proof of climate change.

  Developing...

• HEARING ON 'WARMING OF THE PLANET' CANCELED AFTER ICE STORM (Drudge Report ) February 13, 2007
• March 1, 2007 --- Minnesota Public Radio's "Global Warming: The Home Front" scheduled for March 1 was cancelled due to insufficient global warming ("based on current travel advisories ").
• March 7, 2007 --- A Congressional subcommittee meeting on Energy and Air Quality Hearing on "Climate Change: Are Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Human Activities Contributing to a Warming of the Planet?" was cancelled due to a snow advisory. "A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING."

  Recall that greenhouse hypothesis maintains that warming due to increases in the greenhouse effect is anticipated to be greatest in the winter.

• Frostbite, equipment damage end latest Bancroft-Arnesen trek

  PATRICK CONDON
  Associated Press
  March 12, 2007

  MINNEAPOLIS - A North Pole expedition meant to bring attention to global warming was called off after one of the explorers got frostbite.

  What follows is a sampling of how Mother Nature enjoys ridiculing promoters of the global warming scam.
  
  • The Gore Effect: Politico, November 2008
  
  • First October snow since 1922 blankets London as global warming bill debated: Register, October 2008
  
  • Global Warming Vote on Snowy Day in Washington - Senate committee debates expensive climate change bill as snow blankets D.C.:

• First October snow since 1922 blankets London as global warming bill debated: Register, October 2008
  
  
• Global Warming Vote on Snowy Day in Washington - Senate committee debates expensive climate change bill as snow blankets D.C.: Business and Media, December 2007
  
  
• HOUSE HEARING ON 'WARMING OF THE PLANET' CANCELED AFTER SNOW/ICE STORM: Drudge Report, February 2007
  
  
• NOT AGAIN! DC 'Snow Advisory' Issued on Day of Congressional Global Warming Hearing: Times, March 2007
  
  
• Gore decries 'global warming' in bitterly cold NYC: WND, December 2006
  
  
• Gore delivers environmental message at Harvard ...with near 125-year record breaking low temps: MOTLS, October 2008
  
  
• Global warming activists urged to focus on Earth Day rallies and ignore snow as it 'piles up outside our windows': Alarmism, April 17, 2007
  
  
• No Joke! Cyclists 'braved freezing cold temps' to promote global warming awareness in New York: WKTV, October 22, 2008
  
  
• Global warming protest in Maryland frosted with snow: Baltimore Sun, January 2008
  
  
• Global warming rally in the snow: Alarmism, April 2007
  
  
• Snow won't dampen global-warming rallies: Live Daily, April 2007
  
  
• Brrrr - Obama to global warming demonstrators: 'This is probably not the weather to hold up those signs...it's a little chilly today', Space Daily, October 28, 2008
  
  
• Global Warming Awareness Walk Braves Snow Storm: Nashua Telegraph, March 2007
  
  
• The Gore Effect, Cont. - Gore speaks in Italy during 'rare' cold and snow: Planet Gore, December 16, 2008
  
  
• Climate protest canceled 'due to rain and cold': Telegraph (Australia), Nov. 23, 2008
  
  
• Penguin Ice Sculptures refuse to melt 1997

• Three British explorers trying to ski to the North Pole to measure the thickness of sea ice only have one day's food left as bad weather hampers supply flights March 17, 2009

• Texas Email Subject Line: 'Global Warming Lecture Postponed Due to Cooling' Houston Chronicle via NewsBusters, December 5, 2009

• Al Gore Warns of Global Warming Doom Seconds Before CNN Reports 'Monster' Winter Storm (NewsBusters) December 9, 2009

• Record Cold To hit Global Warming Conference (Copenhagen To Break Dec 17th Record by 7 Degrees!) December 17, 2009

• Snowstorm squelches climate change protest Copenhagen, December 30, 2009 ... A downtown protest of the climate change talks in Copenhagen became a victim of Wednesday's snowstorm. "Not many people showed up because of the blizzard conditions," said organizer Clea Major, an international studies student at the University of Utah... She called Wednesday evening's effort a success and possibly the first in a series. As for the snow, it's not entirely new; a protest she attended last year in Washington, D.C., suffered a similar fate..."There is always the irony element," Major said. (There is also the reality element of the globe's current 11 year cooling cycle, Clea.)

• “Gore effect” strikes Cancun Climate Conference 3 days in a row December 8, 2010

• “Gore Effect” on Steroids: Six straight days of record low temperatures during COP16 in Cancun Mexico – more coming December 10, 2010, Watts Up With That

• Record Cold at Cancun Climate Confab 11 Dec 10, New American

[TheOldLady]

Goodness gracious! Seeing the Gore Effects all in one list is shocking. Thanks.

You do have two repeats, but still...:

First October snow since 1922 blankets London as global warming bill debated: Register, October 2008

Global Warming Vote on Snowy Day in Washington - Senate committee debates expensive climate change bill as snow blankets D.C.:

[GeronL]

Well, this better not interfere with the Korean dramas I like to watch on the internet. :)

[GeronL]

Snowpocalypse!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Zowiee!!...Is that the road to Pikes peak or something like that?

[AmericaUnite]

Where is that snow? How did they clean the road?

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Rotary plows,...truck mounted...here is a train mounted rotary plow at work ...out on the Great Plains somewhere...(Nebraska or Kansas or Eastern Colorado):

Rotary Snow Plow Union Pacific 900082 Blizzard 2006 Action

[steelyourfaith]

Thanx for the heads up, as I’ll edit.

[TigersEye]

I'm not sure where it is now. I first saw that pic in an e-mail forward a few days ago and it said it was just west of Rapid City SD in the Black Hills. I used Google to find it again and found it on a website that claims it is in Japan. Given all the other pics in the e-mail that were definitely in SD, showing houses buried up to their eaves, and higher!, I think that one probably is SD. But here's one I found that is in Japan.

Here is a pic of Trail Ridge Road in Rcky. Mtn. Nat. Park in the spring which is close to where I live.

Notice the wooden pole. Those are put in place before the snow flies so that the snow removal guys know where the road is. In some spots the drop is several thousand feet so staying on the road is important.

[TigersEye]

This is the kind of snow blower they use on Trail Ridge but this happens to be on Chinook Pass which is in WA state I believe.

Don't stick your hand in there to free a jam! ;^)